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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. G. W. ROTHROCK.

DRAWING LIQUIDS FROM GASKS. No.350,157. Patented Odt. 5, 1886.

Wvzzesses (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. G. W. ROTHROGK. DRAWING LIQUIDSFROM GASKS.

No. 350,157. Patented 001;. 5,1886.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE V. ROTHROCK, OF INDIANAPOIS, INDANA.

DRAWING LIQUIDS FROM CASKS.V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 350,157. dated October5, 1886.

Application filed July 3l, 1886. Serial No. 209,616. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE XV. RoTHRoeK, a citizen ol' the UnitedStates, residing at Indianapolis, inthe county ol' Marion and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Drawing Liquidsfrom Oasks, of which the following is a spccilication.

My invention relates to an improvement in means for drawing liquidsfrom. casks.

rlhe object of my improvement is to provide a vented bung for casks, tobe used in connection with a i'aucet for drawing liquids from the casks,the bungvent and faucet being so connected that the opening and closingot' the faucet shall operate to automatically open and close the vent.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure l is a side elevation of the entire device. Fig. 2 is a planofthe same. Fig. Sis an enlarged elevation of the vented bung. Fig. 4 isa front elevation of a part of the mechanism connecting the faucet andvent. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the bung, showing the ventopen.Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a modified form ofthe lever'for operatingthe vent. Fig. 7 is a side elevation ofthe same.

The biuig consists of the central portion, b, tapered toward one end tofit the bung-hole of the cask K, and carrying on the outer proj ectingportion a collar, f', which is held in place by the nut n and spring sp.Oollarf is provided with a radially-projecting hook, 2', and is arrangedto turn on the part b, and has a hole, o, which, when the collar isturned to the proper point, registers with ahole, o, passing radiallyfrom the outside ofthe bung b to the hollow interior o of the bung,which com municates With the interior of the Cask.

F is a faucet of ordinary construction, except that the turn-valve c isprovided with a radially-projecting hook, h. A short standard, u, issecured to the faucet near the cask A lever, Z, is

by a clamp, c, and Setscrew s.

pivoted at p to the standard `u. The opposite ends of lever Z areconnected, respccti v el y, with thc hook'i on collar j" and the hook hon the turn-valve c by connecting-rods r and i".

For the purpose of adjusting the combined length of rods r and o" to thedistance between the bung and the turn-valve of the faucet, rod r ismade iu two parts, the overlapping ends of which are secured together byaclamp, s. The same result may be attained by the modiiieation of leverl shown iu Figs. (i and 7. Short links a and a. are secured to oppositeends oi' the lever by means of the thumbclamps n oz, and these linksmaybe adj usted at different angles to the lcver to form bentcontinuations thereof, as shown.

For the purpose of forming a stop for collar j" at the point when holeso and `0`l coincide, a pin, si, projects from the bung in the path oi' apin projecting 'from collar j", as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1.

The operation of my device is as follows: 'When the t'aucet is closed,the parts are in the position shown in i'ull lines in Figs. l and 2,andthe vent is closed. NVhen the i'aucet is opened by turning valve c',collarf is also turned by means of the connecting-rods r and fr audlever l, which assumes the position shown in dotted lines, Figs. l and2, thus bringing holes o and oL to coincide. and permitting the ingressof air while the liquid contents of the casi: are being drawn outthrough the faucet.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with the cask and the faucethaving turn-valve c', of the bung b, having openings o and o", collarj", having opening o, standard u, clamp c, lever Z, and connectingrodso' and r', all arranged to co-operate as and for the purpose specified.

GEO. W. ROTHROCK. lVitnesses:

J'. l. (JAEPENTER, N. VAN BLARooM.

